Dax Marshall isn’t the type of man a woman takes home to meet her parents. He’s a business shark who has never let anything as insignificant as caring stop him from taking over a company. Some call him heartless, but he doesn’t see the value of caring about anyone or anything until he meets Kenzi.

Her happiness becomes his obsession.

Kenzi Barrington has tried to be the person her family needed her to be, but she doesn't want to lie anymore. When she can’t hold a dark secret in another day, she turns to the one man she knows is strong enough to hear the truth.

What starts as a simple attraction becomes a friendship that changes how they both define love.

A new, seven book series about the Andrade’s Boston cousins. The first series in the Barrington Billionaire WORLD. Book 1: Always Mine Book 2: Stolen Kisses Book 3: Trade it All (Coming soon) Book 4: Let It Burn (Coming 2016) Book 5: More Than Love (Coming 2016) Book 6: Forever Now (Coming 2017) Book 7: Never Goodbye (Coming 2017)

*Look for a linked series set in the same world, written by Jeannette Winters (my sister) and Danielle Stewart (my niece). You won’t have to read the other series to enjoy mine, but it sure will make it more fun. Characters will appear in all three series.

Author Jeannette Winters Book 1: One White Lie Book 2: Table for Two

Danielle Stewart Book 1: Fierce Love

Other Contemporary Romance Titles by Ruth Cardello:

The Legacy Collection Where my billionaires began. Book 1: Maid for the Billionaire (Free Download) Book 2: For Love or Legacy Book 3: Bedding the Billionaire Book 4: Saving the Sheikh Book 5: Rise of the Billionaire Book 6: Breaching the Billionaire: Alethea's Redemption Recipe For Love: A Hot Andrade Christmas Novella Book 7: A Corisi Christmas Novella

The Andrades: A spin off series of the Legacy Collection with cameos from characters you love from that series. Book 1: Come Away With Me (Free Download) Book 2: Home to Me Book 3: Maximum Risk Book 4: Somewhere Along the Way Book 5: Loving Gigi

Lone Star Burn Series Fun, hot romances that roam from the country to the city and back. Book 1: Taken, Not Spurred Book 2: Tycoon Takedown Book 3: Taken Home Book 4: Taking Charge (Coming soon)

Temptation Series Bundle Guaranteed to put you on Santa's Naughty List. Book 1: Twelve Days of Temptation Book 2: Be My Temptation

Taken by a Trillionaire Ruth Cardello, JS Scott, Melody Anne. Three hot fantasies about alpha princes and the women who tame them.

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Top customer reviews

Dax is a little rough around the edges, but who wouldn't be given his upbringing and the constant heartache he's had to endure. He's bulit a wall around his heart and he llets no one in.....until Kenzi comes along. Kenzi's suffered in silence for most of her life, and it's cost her big time emotionally.

Then one night Kenzi's on the beach on a resort island trying to drown her sorrows in the bottom of a bottle. See spots Dax watching her from afar, but mistakingly thinks he's just another bodyguard that her family sent to make sure she stays safe.Dax is also on the island but he's on a takeover mission, when he spots Kenzi staggering alone on the beach. It's when he spots her running towards the water after stripping off her dress, that suddenly makes him take action. He redresses her, then hauls her back to her room. He leaves the island that night without another word to her, but he has someone else watching over her to make sure she stays safe. A week passes and neither of them can seem to get the other one out of their minds. He sends her an I-Pod filled wih the sounds of the ocean waves to calm her, and it works.

I love the fact that these two became friends first, before moving onto somethinbg more. Sure.... they had that undeniable attraction thing going on, but they didn't act on those attractions. At least not until much later on in the relationship. But...even then, they are very cautious knowing that they live completely different lives, on different continents, no less.

The growth in not only these two main characters, but also all of the rest of Kenzi's family was the best part of the book. I am loving this series so far and can't wait to see what happens next. I am very curious as to what those numbers in Patrice's journal stands for. Guess I'll just have to wait for the next bok to find out. ;)

I always enjoyed Ruth Cardello’s novels. And just when I thought she’s written her best one yet, she come around with something even better. For me this is her most emotional novel thus far.

I have probably reiterated so much in my previous reviews how I’m not a fan of love at first sight or whirlwind romances. This is not a love at first sight but I guess this qualifies as whirlwind romance. But somehow that thought didn’t bother me with Kenzi and Dax’ story. I guess it’s because of the way Dax’ had seen Kenzi the first time considering that the way they met was not very ideal. I liked how he understood her needs more than anyone who knew her ever did and how he put those needs first before his own.

Kenzi’s life experience was heartbreaking. I feel her so much even though I personally hate the name Kenzi. Funny how I didn’t even noticed her name much until I wrote this review. I guess that showed how much individuality Ruth’s characters have that you can see them for who they are and not relate their name to anyone else.

Kenzi’s family can get a little overbearing at times yet you can see how they love her in the way they know. This bit gave the story humor which made it all the more enjoyable to read. Add Kenzi's two lady friends to that mix and you have the complete package.

What I love most about this story was how the characters grew. And mind you, I don’t mean just the main characters but everyone of them that is in this book. And as usual, I love how Ruth’s story is about family, friendship and love… how to understand each others as friends and/or as family even during those times when you don’t even understand yourself. For me, that will never ever get old. Because at the end of the day, that is what makes life bearable at hard times and more satisfying during the good times.

Once in a long, long while you come across a book as emotionally heart-wrenching and luminous as Ruth Cardello's STOLEN KISSES. I don't give five-star ratings often, but this one deserves it. Kenzi Barrington is fragile and broken, but when Dax Marshall tells her she's stronger than whatever she's facing, she eventually realizes he's right and starts turning her life around.

What the reader also comes to know is that Dax is also broken, and Kenzi helps him the way he helped her.

Superlatives are often thrown around with sometimes careless abandon when it comes to book reviews, but this book is simply amazing. I only read it for the first time yesterday, and I've already re-read it this morning. It's that good.

This is book 2 of Ruth's newest series. This book also brings characters from the series by Jeanette Winters (her sister) into play and it makes you feel like you always have the characters from the stories with you. Stolen Kisses is the story of two trouble souls who meet by chance and become friends. Dax helps Kenzie see what is in front of her and gives her the strength she needs to confront her past. Kenzie shows Dax what love and family is. Kenzie struggles with a violent ocurrance in her past that she buried to protect her family especially her mother. Dax does not have emotion or show feelings because he was never shown them as a child. The push and pull and struggle of these characters is heartfelt. The way they grow and come full circle is amazing. I have just finished and already cannot wait for book 3.